Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to Samoa and Tonga, north to Japan, south to Australia.

Breast naked up to the pectoral fin base. Head profile mildly curved. First rays of soft dorsal and anal fins equally prolonged in young, the anal fin becoming longer than the dorsal fin with growth, and both ultimately becoming short. This trevally differs from other yellow spotted species by having a deeper body.

Found in deep coastal reefs and rarely inshore.